InfoWorld articles from November 1992

InfoWorld archives from November 1992

Multimedia simply gives everyone more ways to express information. (Peer to Peer) (Column)
November 30, 1992... Richard Nidever is a program manager for a computer manufacturer in Northern California. There have been countless articles and announcements about multimedia products. These announcements are usually followed with the classic question,...

Is the TCP/IP juggernet on the wrong track? (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) (From the Ether) (Column)
November 30, 1992... After a decade of accelerating popularity, TCP/IP has become more of a brand name than an acronym. TCP/ IP is no longer just an academically interesting family of experimental protocols for American research on Unix-Ethernet internetworking....

Middleware: unearthing a software treasure trove. (layers of software that provide common interface between application and operating system) (Enterprise Computing)
November 30, 1992... While client/server applications are often the most cost effective and powerful solutions to business problems, they can be extremely difficult to integrate into an enterprise. Even after a client/server application is up and running, tying...

Software vendors move toward concurrent licensing. (Enterprise Computing)
November 30, 1992... While both software publishers and users agree that concurrent licensing -- in which a specific number of users can simultaneously access an application -- offers the best value and least administrative hassle, no clear standard for metering...

Six-month architectural transformation energizes federal agency. (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) (IS Profiles) (Column)
November 30, 1992... Name any form of energy -- hydroelectric, thermal, nuclear, or gas -- and you'll find that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission tracks it. The FERC's regulatory responsibilities require that it maintain vasts amounts of information about...

The man who built Compaq applies his skills to IS management. (Rod Canion) (New Age IS) (Column)
November 30, 1992... Rod Canion rides again. That's right, the man who in the '80s brought us all kinds of innovative product leadership just might bring some big (and needed) management changes to the IS profession in the '90s. Most of us know Canion as the...

Rock your PC: audio boards, CD-ROM drives, MPCs rev up for prime time. (Hardware Review) (overview of seven evaluations of audio boards, three evaluations of CD-ROM drives and three evaluations of multimedia microcomputers)(includes related articles on how products were tested, training) (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... Although 1992 didn't turn out to be the "year of multimedia," it was something of a turning point. We saw a surge of new hardware and software that will provide a solid basis for widespread use of multimedia applications in the coming year....

ATI Stereo/FX. (ATI Technologies Inc.) (Hardware Review) (one of seven evaluations of audio boards in 'Rock Your PC') (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... REPORT CARD Audio boards (Weighting) ATI Stereo F/X List price $149 Audio quality (300) Only samples in 8-bit; superior reproduction quality; no outstanding ...

Cardinal Sound Studio. (Cardinal Technologies) (Hardware Review) (one of seven evaluations of audio boards in 'Rock Your PC') (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... (Weighting) Cardinal Sound Studio List price $259 Audio quality (300) Sampled at both 8- and 16-bit; clear, accurate sound reproduction, very little ...

Creative Labs Multimedia Upgrade Kit. (Hardware Review) (one of seven evaluations of audio boards in 'Rock Your PC') (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... (Weighting) Creative Labs Multimedia Upgrade Kit List price $799 with internal CD ROM Audio quality (300) 8-bit sampling only; sound quality was mediocre; system-induced noise...

Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16. (Hardware Review) (one of seven evaluations of audio boards in 'Rock Your PC') (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... (Weighting) Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 * List price $299 Audio quality (300) Sampled at both 8- and 16-bit stereo; quality of 8-bit was generally extremely ...

Microsoft Windows Sound System. (Hardware Review) (one of seven evaluations of audio boards in 'Rock Your PC') (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... (Weighting) Microsoft Windows Sound System ** List price $289 Audio quality (300) Sampled in both 8- and 16-bit mode; quality was noticeably better at 16 bits, ...

Orchid Sound Producer. (Orchid Technology Inc.) (Hardware Review) (one of seven evaluations of audio boards in 'Rock Your PC') (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... (Weighting) Orchid Sound Producer List price $199 Audio quality (300) Only samples in 8-bit sound; samples were noisy, low quality and very distorted; ...

Turtle Beach Multisound. (Turtle Beach Systems) (Hardware Review) (one of seven evaluations of audio boards in 'Rock Your PC') (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... (Weighting) Turtle Beach Multisound ** List price $599 Audio quality (300) Samples in both 8- and 16-bit mode; noticeable drop in quality at 8 bits; top ...

Chinon CDC-431. (Chinon America Inc.) (Hardware Review) (one of three evaluations of CD-ROM drives in 'Rock Your PC') (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... REPORT CARD CD ROM drives (Weighting) Chinon CDC-431 List price $895 with SCSI interface card Speed and compatibility (250) Has a 150K-per-second engine; 48 percent ...

Procom Technologies MCD-650. (Hardware Review) (one of three evaluations of CD-ROM drives in 'Rock Your PC') (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... (Weighting) Procom Technologies MCD-650 List price $895 Speed and compatibility (250) Has a 175K-per-second engine; 48 percent slower in the Bookshelf test and 25 ...

Texel DM-5024. (Hardware Review) (one of three evaluations of CD-ROM drives in 'Rock Your PC') (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... (Weighting) Texel DM-5024 * List price $599 drive alone (no drivers); $699 with Trantor T-130 or T-128; PS/2 version $739 with Trantor T-130; ...

ALR Flyer 320DT. (Hardware Review) (one of three evaluations of multimedia microcomputers in 'Rock Your PC') (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... REPORT CARD Multimedia PCs (Weighting) ALR Flyer 320DT Price $2,495 Audio quality (150) 8-bit sampling only; overall sound quality is average; pan accurate and ...

Leading Edge Multimedia System. (Leading Edge Products Inc.) (Hardware Review) (one of three evaluations of multimedia microcomputers in 'Rock Your PC') (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... (Weighting) Leading Edge Multimedia System Price $2,499 Audio quality (150) Only records in 8-bit 22-kHz mode using Sound Recorder; accurate pan; business ...

TIP MultiPro 386/SX. (Technology Integrated Products) (Hardware Review) (one of three evaluations of multimedia microcomputers in 'Rock Your PC') (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... (Weighting) TIP MultiPro 386/SX Price $2,395 Audio quality (150) 8-bit sampling only; quality fine but with a bit of noise; pan has fairly clear ...

Ultimedia and Sensation: powerful MPCs. (Hardware Review) (Ultimedia Model 77, Tandy Sensation microcomputers) (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... Both IBM and Tandy Corp. deserve kudos for developing multimedia PCs for people who don't want to pop the hood to add multimedia. The Ultimedia Model 77 and the Tandy Sensation are two fully integrated machines with powerful hardware underlying...

AudioMan: a sound alternative. (Hardware Review) (Logitech AudioMan sound-board substitute) (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... Laptop users will no longer be left in the cold when it comes to Windows sound. Logitech's innovative AudioMan, a clever audio board substitute, is an all-in-one, battery-powered external device that plugs into a parallel port. This product...

Organizer makes tracking appointments fun. (Software Review) (Lotus Development Corp. Organizer personal information manager) (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... From the animated sparkle that glints off the "L" and the "O" when you boot to the flash of fire that bursts from the wastebasket when you drop in an item, Lotus Organizer will dazzle you with its clever design. Organizer -- which Lotus...

XtraDrive provides inexpensive, easy-to-use compression. (Software Review) (Integrated Information Technology compression software) (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... Integrated Information Technology (IIT), long a maker of math coprocessors, has entered into the hard drive compression arena with XtraDrive. A competitor to Stac Electronics' Stacker and AddStor Inc.'s SuperStor, XtraDrive's software...

Approach update is slick and improved but has a few flaws. (Software Review) (Approach Software Approach for Windows 2.0)(Test Drives) (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... I was excited about doing a First Look of Approach Software's Version 2.0 update to Approach for Windows. I've spent a fair amount of time lately moaning about Windows databases being too difficult to let the average user tackle real-world...

Microtest's scanner makes testing UTP cable a snap. (Microtest MT310 cable-scanning device) (Hardware Review) (unshielded twisted pair)(Test Drives) (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... One of the most difficult and frustrating networking problems to locate is a cable fault. Finding a broken or pinched cable can be more daunting than searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack. The more subtle problems of noise and...

7th Heaven: seven ways to improve System 7. (Macintosh utilities package from Logical Solutions Inc.) (Software Review) (Test Drives) (Evaluation)
November 30, 1992... No matter how good an operating system is, a third-party developer will try to improve it. Logical Solutions Inc.'s 7th Heaven, Version 2.0 includes seven utilities (discussed in part here) for enhancing the performance of Macintoshes running...

Lotus' Ingari back in the battle with Microsoft. (Lotus Development Corp. VP of marketing Frank Ingari) (One on One) (Interview)
November 30, 1992... Lotus Development Corp. has churned through vice presidents over the past three years, losing some to start-ups and pushing others out the door. Frank Ingari was one of the former, but now he is back at Lotus, having spent a couple of years as...

IBM creates unit to craft client/server software: will tailor solutions for multiplatform environments. (new Client/Server Computing business unit)
November 30, 1992... At IBM, downsizing is finally out of the closet. Last week, Big Blue hammered its long-awaited client/server stake into the ground by forming a new, high-level, 900-staff member unit that will work closely with users and other recently formed...

Windows NT to steal little thunder away from Intel. (Special Report)
November 30, 1992... Despite brave words and impressive specs coming from RISC workstation vendors, industry experts give them little chance of stealing much PC market share from Intel when Windows NT ships. NT's platform independence was supposed to mean a brave...

Micrografx's family feud: George Grayson resigns. (President George Grayson ousted by board of directors)
November 30, 1992... Financial pressures brought long-simmering sibling rivalry to a head at Micrografx, as cofounder and president George Grayson resigned last week, saying his brother Paul "doesn't have a clue about what it takes to run a software company."...

Dell 486s to be upgradable to Pentium. (Dell Computer Corp. to offer 18 new 80486-based microcomputers that can be upgraded to the future Pentium chip)
November 30, 1992... Dell Computer Corp. will give users the power of the Pentium when it announces 18 new 486-based systems this week. Dell will roll out a variety of desktop and tower systems based on Intel Corp.'s 25- and 33-MHz 486SX, 33-MHz 486DX, 486DX2/50,...

Intel rushes design of fast Pentium apps: wants suite for early '93 rollout. (Intel Corp. working to ensure that application programs are written for Pentium microprocessor)
November 30, 1992... Software developers and Intel Corp. are working aggressively to ensure that when the Pentium processor arrives, it has as many as 25 applications tailored to it. Those applications would take advantage of the processor's superscalar design...

Tektronix aims fast color printers at workgroups: inexpensive devices will print 2 pages per minute. (Tektronix Inc. Phaser 200i, 200e)
November 30, 1992... Tektronix plans to unveil two 300-dot-per-inch color thermal wax printers in January, offering business users in shared workgroup environments fast and inexpensive options for color printing, sources said. The Phaser 200i and Phaser 200e...

Sun runs Windows apps sans Windows: interface promises slew of software for Unix users. (Sun Microsystems Windows Application Binary interface)
November 30, 1992... Sun Microsystems Inc. is building "middleware" to run Windows applications natively without the need for Windows, DOS, or an Intel platform. At Comdex, Sun demonstrated the software running Microsoft Word, Excel, CorelDraw, and Lotus 1-2-3...

InfoWorld's mission: serving information systems pioneers. (Distributed Thinking) (Column)
November 30, 1992... Last week I received a message that began "I know you don't do much with networking, but..." and a lightning bolt struck right through my heart! After all, I've just spent more than a year working with our staff to focus more of our...

Symantec countersues Borland for 'meritless' suit. (Symantec Corp. charges that Borland International Inc. initiated legal action to lower value of Symantec stock)
November 30, 1992... Symantec Corp. struck back at Borland International Inc. last week, charging in a counter lawsuit filed in California Superior Court in Santa Cruz that Borland initiated meritless legal actions to lower the value of Symantec stock. The two...

Computer mapping helped Clinton campaign target voters. (Bill Clinton staff used geographic information systems to show voting trends and profiles)
November 30, 1992... The road to the White House for president-elect Bill Clinton began two years ago with Democrats literally computer mapping the country to show voting trends and voter profiles from every region of the country. "We wanted to find areas of the...

Wincredible lets low-end PCs run Windows applications. (Citrix Systems Inc. Wincredible multi-user Microsoft Windows software) (Product Announcement)
November 30, 1992... A new program from Citrix Systems Inc. lets micro managers run Windows-compatible applications with acceptable performance on their low-end PCs. Wincredible supports multiple concurrent users with hardware platforms as low as the 80286...

How to use your numeric keypad to insert text or run macros. (Window Manager)(Column) (Tutorial)
November 30, 1992... Last week, I described a way to add 16 function keys to your keyboard. This technique involves creating a new version of the Windows Recorder with a hex editor and making Recorder recognize the keys on the numeric keypad as it now recognizes...

Microsoft, HP speed printing: offer GDI cartridge for Windows output on LaserJets. (Microsoft Corp., HP team up to create Windows Printing System) (Product Announcement)
November 30, 1992... Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. have teamed up to accelerate Windows printing, as the two companies demonstrated the long-awaited graphics device interface (GDI) cartridge for the LaserJet printer line at Comdex. The Windows Printing...

Apple adds third-party bundles; graphics card boosts monitors. (Apple Computer Inc. bundling E-Machines graphics card with its 16-inch monitor)
November 30, 1992... As promised, Apple Computer Inc. is starting to bundle third-party products with its own systems, as the company is now offering an E-Machines graphics card with its 16-inch monitor. The bundle includes E-Machines' DoubleColor SX interface...

Users ignoring benchmarks: panel says tests do poor job predicting performance. (benchmarking of graphics cards)
November 30, 1992... Users basing their graphics card decisions on Windows benchmarking programs may be disappointed in the poor job they can do of predicting the performance of an accelerator, according to a panel hosted by the Video Electronics Standards...

HP, DEC log skyrocketing PC sales: third-quarter jump follows radical restructuring of PC divisions.
November 30, 1992... Sales of PCs from system vendors Hewlett-Packard Co. and Digital Equipment Corp. are booming, according to vendors and analysts, following the radical restructuring of their PC divisions. HP officials said U.S. unit sales of the company's...

Steve's Dream Machine caches in on a hard-to-beat product. (Tech Talk) (Column)
November 30, 1992... With operating systems and applications becoming larger and larger, and with ever-more data moving between the system's hard disk and main memory, a hard disk cache of some sort is a virtual necessity for any top-performing system. "Decoupling"...

Document manager crosses platforms: PC Docs Open supports Windows. (PC Docs Inc. announces PC Docs Open) (Product Announcement)
November 30, 1992... PC Docs Inc. next month will ship an open architecture version of its client/server document management system to allow users to control files from a variety of applications and platforms. PC Docs Open is tightly integrated with leading...

BSW, vendors codeveloping mail gateways. (Boston Software Works Inc.)
November 30, 1992... The Boston Software Works Inc. is working with a number of major vendors to produce enterprise gateways for office and E-mail systems. The company recently signed pacts with Hewlett-Packard Co. and Sequent Computer Systems Inc. to develop...

For your own peace of mind, standardize backup procedures. (LAN Talk) (Column)
November 30, 1992... So you have good backups, right? How do you know? If you don't test them, you may be putting your network at risk. Rather than suspending or stopping a backup routine, many programs omit files that are open or locked at the time of the...

Scaled-down Windows runs on consumer devices. (Microsoft Corp.'s Modular Windows graphical user interface) (At Deadline)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 30, 1992... TOKYO -- Microsoft Corp. unveiled its version of Windows for digital consumer devices at Multimedia '92 Exhibition here last week. Modular Windows runs on Compact Disc-Interactive players, smart phones, and personal digital assistants. The...

Superbase 2.0 delayed a few weeks. (Software Publishing Corp.) (At Deadline) (Brief Article)
November 30, 1992... Superbase 2.0, originally promised for November, will instead ship in mid-December, according to officials at Software Publishing Corp. (See "Superbase 2.0 receives better interface, features," August 17, page 15.) The product enters...

Apple PDA to talk to Hobbit tablets. (Newton personal digital assistant; wireless communicators based on AT and T Microelectronics' Hobbit chip set) (At Deadline) (Brief Article)
November 30, 1992... TOKYO -- Apple Computer Inc. is working to ensure that the fax, modem, and phone functions of its Newton personal digital assistant are compatible with wireless communicators based on AT&T Microelectronics' Hobbit chip set, said David Nagel,...

Apple ships DAL server, MacTCP. (DAL Server for the AS/400, MacTCP communications tools to create applications for TCP/IP networks; data access language; Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) (At Deadline)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 30, 1992... Apple Computer last week expanded Macintosh cross-platform compatibility by shipping a data access language (DAL) server for the IBM AS/400, as well as communications tools for developers. The DAL Server for AS/400 lets Mac users transparently...

Timbuktu works across platforms. (Farallon Computing Inc.'s remote access and control software) (At Deadline)(Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 30, 1992... Farallon Computing Inc. is about to ship a cross-platform version of Timbuktu remote access and control software. The new version will allow Macintosh and Windows users to operate each other's machines and share files and data over the...

Legal wrangling further delaying ANSI standard. (American National Standards Institute XBase specification) (Brief Article)
November 30, 1992... Members of the ANSI XBase standards committee are laboring under a legal cloud in their efforts to put proposals from major PC database vendors before the group's February meeting. An ANSI standard would let users more freely move...

Novell funds small NetWare third parties. (Brief Article)
November 30, 1992... To assure that start-ups whose workflow and E-mail products run on NetWare stay afloat, Novell Inc. has invested in one company and is seriously looking at another. Novell recently acquired 5 percent of Reach Software Corp. Reach's MailMan...

Correction. (Correction Notice)
November 30, 1992... In the story, "Novell makes security fix to NetWare," November 23, page 3, the maker of the encryption technology is misidentified. The technology is from RSA Data Security Inc.

Pen app can read longhand. (Lexicus' Longhand optical character recognition software) (Brief Article)
November 30, 1992... By the first half of 1993, pen computer users will be able to use cursive writing without modifying their applications. Currently, pen computer users must print, which is slow and awkward. Longhand by Lexicus, scheduled to ship late first...

Apple to update printers, add color ink-jet. (LaserWriter Pro laser printer and Apple Color Printer ink-jet printer) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 30, 1992... Apple Computer Inc. will ship several new printers in January, including a laser printer, a new version of the StyleWriter, and the company's first color printer, sources said. Apple's new LaserWriter Pro will use Canon USA Inc.'s LBP-EX...

Texas Microsystems to preload NetWare line. (on microcomputers) (Brief Article)
November 30, 1992... Texas Microsystems Inc. has forged an OEM partnership with Novell Inc. to integrate NetWare products on Texas Microsystems' microcomputers. Texas Microsystems will ship in six weeks the NetWare product line on Texas Microsystems'...

IBM hints at OS/2 update targeted at multimedia. (OS/2 operating system) (Brief Article)
November 30, 1992... IBM is considering releasing a version of OS/2 targeted specifically at the multimedia applications market, according to company officials. The officials would not offer many details about what core features would differentiate the multimedia...

Pipeline. (Software)
November 30, 1992... ANNOUNCED WinSchedule offers Mac compatibility WinSchedule, a scheduling program from Mainstay Co., creates Gantt charts and integrates spreadsheet and graphing capabilities. It has the same look and feel as its Macintosh counterpart,...

Graphics vendors debut PC software. (ImageWare Software Inc.'s Image Wizard, Caligari Corp.'s Caligari for Windows and Pixo Arts Corp.'s PixoFoto 1.1 and PixoFoto 1.1 Lite) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 30, 1992... A variety of vendors demonstrated new graphics software packages for PC users at Comdex in Las Vegas this month. ImageWare Software Inc. showed Windows users a new low-cost option for image editing called ImageWizard. The 24-bit image...

Write for NT in Windows 3.1 with QuickStart. (Phar Lap Software Inc.'s QuickStart 2.0) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 30, 1992... Windows NT developers can create Win32s applications entirely under DOS and Windows 3.1 with an application tool now shipping from Phar Lap Software Inc. "The entire Win32s development cycle takes place under DOS, without the time and...

Microsoft demos its ill-fated Omega. (Windows database) (Brief Article)
November 30, 1992... Attention Boston Computer Museum: Microsoft Corp. has a piece of history you might like to exhibit. Following the shipment of the company's Access database program, Microsoft recently showed a few curious journalists Omega, its ill-fated...

Windows users have more tools. (InfoCorp. survey on number of applications users have per computer) (Brief Article)
November 30, 1992... Microsoft Windows users are now using an average of eight applications on their machines, according to a survey by InfoCorp. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm estimates that Windows users top the list with 7.9 applications per machine,...

Panacea's TurboDLD driver set makes AutoCAD faster and simpler. (computer aided design) (Brief Article)
November 30, 1992... AutoCAD users can get a boost of power and an improved interface with Panacea Inc.'s TurboDLD program. Introduced at fall Comdex, it is basically a replacement driver set for accelerator cards that speeds up AutoCAD with more efficient code....

Patch to Microsoft Word fixes 'Fast Save' function: preserves headers and footers. (Word 5.1a corrects bugs) (Brief Article)
November 30, 1992... Microsoft Corp. is offering bug fixes for the Windows and Macintosh versions of its word processing program, Microsoft Word. Shipping now to Macintosh customers, Word 5.1a corrects problems users may have when the Fast Save option does not...

Comdex features multimedia. (Comdex Fall 1992 trade show; multimedia software packages) (Brief Article)
November 30, 1992... Software vendors introduced a variety of multimedia packages at Comdex designed to help edit or author presentations. ATI Technologies Inc. demonstrated Media Merge, a digital video editing system for Microsoft Corp.'s Video for Windows....

Low-cost CAD programs for Windows and DOS head for market. (International Microcomputer Software Inc.'s TurboCAD 3.0 and TurboCAD Professional computer-aided design software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 30, 1992... Two offerings from International Microcomputer Software Inc. (IMSI) give PC users low-cost options for CAD. TurboCAD 3.0, which began shipping during Comdex, offers a variety of new tools and an updated user interface. Users now can open up...

Pipeline. (Hardware)
November 30, 1992... PRICE CUTS Apple lowers price of PowerBook add-ons Memory and hard drives for the PowerBook are a little cheaper now, as Apple Computer Inc. has reduced the price of its drive and memory options. An 80-megabyte drive for the PowerBook 140...

Dell stock rises as SEC begins investigation. (Securities and Exchange Commission) (Brief Article)
November 30, 1992... Dell Computer Corp. stock prices began to inch up slowly last week after the Securities and Exchange Commission began an investigation at Dell's request to clear it of any charges of wrongful accounting practices. According to a Dell...

Adambyte preparing a portable storage device for Powerbooks. (powerBox; Apple's PowerBook portable computers) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 30, 1992... Adambyte will ship in early December its powerBox portable storage device for Apple Computer Inc.'s PowerBook, which allows users to take their multimedia presentations on the road. Each unit consists of a 200- or 500-megabyte hard disk...

ViewSonic 15-inch monitor filled with control features. (ViewSonic 15) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 30, 1992... ViewSonic announced at Comdex a 15-inch color monitor loaded with control features. The ViewSonic 15 monitor has temperature-controlled color matching, to match the image on-screen with color output on paper. As many as 26 programmable...

Leading Edge ships $1,600 notebook. (Leading Edge Products Inc.'s N3/SX25 notebook computer) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 30, 1992... Trying to maintain a competitive edge on price in the notebook market, Leading Edge Products Inc. has rolled out a 25-MHz 386SXL-based system with a street price of less than $1,600. The company hopes the price/performance value of the...

VESA to augment local bus standard with video bus. (Video Graphics Standard Association) (Brief Article)
November 30, 1992... Just when the computer industry seemed to have invented all the bus standards it could use, the Video Graphics Standards Association announced that it is cooking up a new one especially for video. At its annual meeting this month, VESA's...

Pipeline. (Networking)
November 30, 1992... SHIPPING Farallon offers Mac-to-LAN links Farallon Computing Inc.'s $199 LocalPath application gives as many as eight TokenTalk users access to shared LocalTalk devices such as printers, and the $149 PowerPath software allows PowerBook...

Caere to deliver fax, OCR package for workgroups. (FaxMaster Server; optical character recognition) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 30, 1992... Caere Corp. will begin shipping next month a server-based fax and OCR package for workgroups and small networks. FaxMaster Server, which must be used in conjunction with Caere's single-user FaxMaster software for PCs, provides fax board and...

Mainframe DBMS vendor migrates product to SQL LANs. (Cincom Systems Inc.'s Supra Server platforms; database management system; Structured Query Language; local area networks) (Brief Article)
November 30, 1992... Cincom Systems Inc. is the latest mainframe SQL database management system vendor to make the move to PC LANs. The company's Supra Server platforms bring the power of mainframe computing to Unix and PC LAN environments and will form the...

Raidware allows disk swapping on the fly. (Micropolis Corp.'s Raidware 2.0 software) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 30, 1992... Micropolis Corp. recently released fault-tolerant disk array software intended to minimize server down time by swapping in spare hard disk units on the fly. The Raidware 2.0 software is certified by Novell for NetWare LANs using Micropolis'...

Red Brick server ships for IBM, HP workstations. (Red Brick Systems' Red Brick Warehouse database server) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 30, 1992... Red Brick Warehouse, a high-speed decision-support database server, is now shipping for IBM RS/6000 and Hewlett-Packard HP 9000 computers. The querying application has an extended SQL vocabulary, which makes it easier to frame questions about...

Shore ships tiny 10Base-T hub. (Shore Microsystems Inc.'s SM-200 NM) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 30, 1992... Shore Microsystems Inc. is shipping what it says is the industry's smallest SNMP 10Base-T Ethernet hub. The eight-port SM-200/NM, which is smaller than a standard 5 1/4-inch floppy disk drive, has 10Base-T ports that can be individually...

Chipcom offers two FDDI modules for intelligent hub. (Online FDDI STP module and Online FDDI Management Module; Fiber Distributed Data Interface) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)
November 30, 1992... Chipcom Corp. will ship in January two FDDI modules that provide twisted-pair connections and network management for its Online Concentrator intelligent switching hub. The Online FDDI STP module supports both SDDI and CDDI, two low-cost...

Turnabout is good news in Japan and the United States. (From the Editor) (Editorial)
November 30, 1992... It's happened before in this industry, and it's happening again. The dominant player in the market, long seen as having a nearly invulnerable position, now finds itself under heavy pressure from a cadre of aggressive new competitors. Faced with...

Reference guides come in handy for disk drive parameters. (Buyers Advisory) (Column)
November 30, 1992... Q: I have received an MFM hard disk controller with an NEC D5655 hard drive. Do you know the BIOS settings and parameters for this drive? Michael K. Fosse A: If you need to look up the parameters of disk drives on a regular basis (as...